Recognising the significant increase in fires last year, the capacity of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) will further be expanded through the acquisition of mobile units and expansion of volunteer groups in 2024, among other initiatives. Speaking to reporters at his Brickdam Office in Georgetown on Wednesday, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn disclosed that […]
The government’s historic 2024 budget will target areas including air and river transport as well as sea and river defence. To this end, a sum of $2.3 billion is allocated towards the completion of a series of airstrips as well as the rehabilitation and maintenance of several others including the Imbaimadai, Kaieteur, Kaikan, and Matthews […]
The government is expected to continue it’s support for Guyana’s rice industry, through the Guyana Development Board (GRDB), with an injection of $1.3B this year into the productive sector. This was highlighted by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance and Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh during his 2024 […]
– to provide skills training, job opportunities The government is making inroads within Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, intervening to provide the youths there with skills training and employment opportunities. In return, scores of youths expressed their satisfaction and appreciation that they were being involved in government’s plan to develop the country while boosting it’d […]
Citizens residing on the West Coast of Demerara are pleased with the historic $1.146 trillion budget allocations. One resident, Valerie Arthur told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that the budget is good as it “assists the single parents and the lower-class workers who draw salary below the $100,000 because remember now that the cost […]
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha emphasised that Guyana’s agricultural sector is poised for tremendous growth in 2024 due to the direct result of government’s prudent management of initiatives and investments. The $97.6 billion budgetary allocation for agricultural development this year heavy investment in innovative irrigation and drainage infrastructure. He made the remarks during an interview […]
The government has allocated the sum of $2.7 billion to revitalize Guyana’s cultural landscape making provisions for a new art gallery and museum and outfitting community spaces for cultural performances. This was announced by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh, during the 2024 […]
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance and Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh underscored that government will commence the first stage of eliminating the outstanding student loans owed by graduates of the University of Guyana (UG) this year. During his 2024 budget presentation at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on […]
Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues said on Tuesday that the $1.146 trillion National Budget for 2024 is ‘very disciplined.’ “In spite of the increase in the budget, I still believe that the budget is very disciplined,” she said on a televised interview on Tuesday. She added, “Disciplined in the sense […]
